A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.

You approach the Mullahs as if they are normal people. They are not. You see them in your own image; you should not.

Nixon is a strong leader with a good grasp of the world's problems. He knows that the only way to argue with the communists is from a position of strength.

My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people.

Who on earth do the Americans suppose their allies are amongst the Arab world? Even Saudi Arabia they seem to regard as nothing more than a resevoir of oil and money.

There is only one thing I can say about the Shah- he knows how to draw a crowd.

Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.